Zeneggen

Zeneggen
Zeneggen village
Coat of arms
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Location of Zeneggen
Coordinates: 46°16′N 7°50′E / 46.267°N 7.833°E / 46.267; 7.833Coordinates: 46°16′N 7°50′E / 46.267°N 7.833°E / 46.267; 7.833
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Visp
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Imstepf
Area
• Total	7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Elevation	1,370 m (4,490 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	288
• Density	38/km2 (100/sq mi)
Postal code	3934
SFOS number	6299
Surrounded by	Bürchen, Raron, Stalden, Törbel, Visp, Visperterminen
Website	www.zeneggen.ch SFSO statistics

Zeneggen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Zeneggen has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 7.5 square kilometers (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 22.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 69.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 4.5% is unproductive land.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on a Pile wavy inverted Vert two Chevronels inverted Argent and on a chief of the last two Lions rampant reguardant Gules.

Zeneggen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 288. As of 2008^[update], 2.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0%. It has changed at a rate of 0.8% due to migration and at a rate of 2.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (224 or 95.3%) as their first language, English is the second most common (5 or 2.1%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (3 or 1.3%). There is 1 person who speaks French, 1 person who speaks Italian.

As of 2008^[update], the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. The population was made up of 120 Swiss men (49.0% of the population) and 6 (2.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 110 Swiss women (44.9%) and 9 (3.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 145 or about 61.7% were born in Zeneggen and lived there in 2000. There were 53 or 22.6% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 6.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 7.2% were born outside of Switzerland.